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From: peter@alice.wonderland.org ()
Subject: Re: su problems.
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GALBRAITH JOHN (galbrait@rintintin.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: 	On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root.  There is no
: password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet
: it asks for one anyway.  I tried setting a password, but it would not
: accept it.  The /etc/group file is ok too.
: The only way to become root is from the login: prompt.  Then,
: no password is needed.  Obviously, this is a pain.  Does anybody know
: what is going on?  Thanks.

Users who are allowed to su must be in the "wheel" group.

On a similar note "su -c command" doesn;t seem to work for me, or am I
being stupid ?

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Peter Galbavy				e-mail: P.Galbavy@wonderland.org
Wonderland

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